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Tuesday J! Test

#1 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:53 pm

Here it is:

Steve Chu Nobel — Lasers
Smallest Great Lake — Ontario
9 tsp — 3 tbsp
Benjamin Button — Cate Blanchett
War of 1812 — Madison (embarrassed I had to look this up)
Mozart — Jupiter
Zamenhoff — Esperanto
Divine Comedy — Purgatorio
Second Largest Island — New Guinea
"Place of Freedom" — Liberia
Scarpetta — Cornwell
First Black woman on US Stamp — Tubman
"White ants" — Termites
1620 Ship — Mayflower (also embarrassed I had to check)
Sasha Fierce — Beyonce
Murders in the Rue Morgue — Poe
Rebuilt to defend Sui Dynasty —Great Wall of China
Ice Cream Flavor — Rocky Road
Nicholas II — Romanov
Word derived from Knight's who sold their service — freelance
Scottish Chef — Ramsay
Out of Africa author — Dinesen
Frenchman early photos — Daguerre
Midwestern state abbreviation/preposition: INdiana
Crossword clue--"PRIVILEGE"
Half ____ Alaska — Baked
One Comercial tune — Single Jingle
Word for timely or giving an actor lines — Prompt
Four Seasons Composer — Vivaldi
Cleveland Cavalier — LeBron James
Topsy & Simon Legree — Uncle Tom's Cabin
Sharks sang in Spanish — West Side Story
Bush at War — Woodward
Swiss Alp — Matterhorn
Arabian Nights — Scheherazade (Hope for leniency on spelling, and if so add one to my guessed correct)
1900's toy — Teddy Bears
Shakespeare — a summer's day
Element — Californium
Arm bone — Humerus
John the Baptist river — Jordan
Archimedes — Lever
Chair with a sword — Damocles
Oregon Trail — Wyoming
House of Reps — 435
Retail Store — Target
Moon Seas — Mare
Dickens — Miss Havisham
Parthenon sculptures — Elgin Marbles
Hindu God — Vishnu
Bonnie Prince — Charlie
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#2 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:54 pm

Word derived from Knight's who sold their service — Mercenary (?)

Freelance
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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#3 Post by christie1111 » Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:56 pm

Bonnie Prince Charles?
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#4 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:57 pm

christie1111 wrote:Bonnie Prince Charles?
Charlie, but they may count Charles
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#5 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:58 pm

Others from other threads or my memory:

Word for timely or giving an actor lines — Prompt
Four Seasons Composer — Vivaldi
Cleveland Cavalier — LeBron James
Topsy & Simon Legree — Uncle Tom's Cabin
Sharks sang in Spanish — West Side Story
Bush at War — Woodward
Swiss Alp — Matterhorn (which I thought of right as the timer hit 0)
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#6 Post by MarleysGh0st » Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:58 pm

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Word derived from Knight's who sold their service — Mercenary (?)

Freelance
D'oh!

And I'm really, really ashamed that I name blanked on the Mayflower! :oops:

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#7 Post by DaveSenior72 » Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:59 pm

Here are the ones I checked:

Steve Chu Nobel — Lasers Got it--WAG from context
Smallest Great Lake — Ontario Yep
9 tsp — 3 tbsp Yep
Benjamin Button — Cate Blanchett Cerebral Flatulence
War of 1812 — Madison (embarrassed I had to look this up) Yep
Mozart — Jupiter WAG
Zamenhoff — Esperanto SWAG from DLAB experience
Divine Comedy — Purgatorio WAG
Second Largest Island — New Guinea Missed it
"Place of Freedom" — Liberia (?) Got it if it's right
Scarpetta — Cornwell Nailed...I have the book by the bed :mrgreen:
First Black woman on US Stamp — Tubman WAG right
"White ants" — Termites Yep
1620 Ship — Mayflower (also embarrassed I had to check) Yep
Sasha Fierce — Beyonce Yep
Murders in the Rue Morgue — Poe Yep
Rebuilt to defend Sui Dynasty —Great Wall of China Yep
Ice Cream Flavor — Rocky Road Yep
Nicholas II — Romanov Yep
Word derived from Knight's who sold their service — Mercenary (?) drew blank
Scottish Chef — Ramsay Got it if they give me the spelling
Out of Africa author — Dinesen got it
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#8 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:00 pm

Half ____ Alaska — Baked
One Comercial tune — Single Jingle




That's 32 out of 50 we've reconstructed
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#9 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:01 pm

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Word derived from Knight's who sold their service — Mercenary (?)

Freelance
*facepalm
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#10 Post by DaveSenior72 » Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:02 pm

Crossword clue--"PRIVILEGE"
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#11 Post by MarleysGh0st » Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:02 pm

TheCalvinator24 wrote: That's 33 out of 50 we've reconstructed
Midwestern state abbreviation/preposition: INdiana

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#12 Post by christie1111 » Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:02 pm

I got single jingle but have no idea if I got that typed in
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#13 Post by DaveSenior72 » Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:03 pm

MarleysGh0st wrote:
TheCalvinator24 wrote: That's 33 out of 50 we've reconstructed
Midwestern state abbreviation/preposition: INdiana
OH MY $^#%$#$@%$#&**($%^!*&^#(*$^@*&$#^

DIRTY WORDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Total blank...on my HOME STATE!! :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
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#14 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:03 pm

We're up to 34. I posted Mozart twice.
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#15 Post by MarleysGh0st » Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:04 pm

DaveSenior72 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:
TheCalvinator24 wrote: That's 33 out of 50 we've reconstructed
Midwestern state abbreviation/preposition: INdiana
OH MY $^#%$#$@%$#&**($%^!*&^#(*$^@*&$#^

DIRTY WORDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Total blank...on my HOME STATE!! :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
Ummmm...

Forget I mentioned that? :mrgreen:

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#16 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:04 pm

Frenchman early photos — Daguerre (i hope they accept Daguerro)
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#17 Post by DaveSenior72 » Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:05 pm

TheCalvinator24 wrote:Frenchman early photos — Daguerre (i hope they accept Daguerro)
Confirm that...and they might...hope so
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#18 Post by MarleysGh0st » Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:06 pm

The very first one: Krishna & Rama avatars of: Vishnu? (Not Shiva, as I WAGed.)

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#19 Post by goongas » Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:08 pm

J! board I think has all the questions now. I froze on Indiana.

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#20 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:08 pm

Arabian Nights — Scheherazade (Hope for leniency on spelling, and if so add one to my guessed correct)
1900's toy — Teddy Bears
Shakespeare — a summer's day
Element — Californium
Arm bone — Humerus
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#21 Post by DaveSenior72 » Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:08 pm

BiF the whole list...

Steve Chu Nobel — Lasers
Smallest Great Lake — Ontario
9 tsp — 3 tbsp
Benjamin Button — Cate Blanchett
War of 1812 — Madison (embarrassed I had to look this up)
Mozart — Jupiter
Zamenhoff — Esperanto
Divine Comedy — Purgatorio
Second Largest Island — New Guinea
"Place of Freedom" — Liberia (?)
Scarpetta — Cornwell
First Black woman on US Stamp — Tubman
"White ants" — Termites
1620 Ship — Mayflower (also embarrassed I had to check)
Sasha Fierce — Beyonce
Murders in the Rue Morgue — Poe
Rebuilt to defend Sui Dynasty —Great Wall of China
Ice Cream Flavor — Rocky Road
Nicholas II — Romanov
Word derived from Knight's who sold their service — freelance
Scottish Chef — Ramsay
Out of Africa author — Dinesen
Frenchman early photos — Daguerre
Midwestern state abbreviation/preposition: INdiana
Crossword clue--"PRIVILEGE"
Half ____ Alaska — Baked
One Comercial tune — Single Jingle
Word for timely or giving an actor lines — Prompt
Four Seasons Composer — Vivaldi
Cleveland Cavalier — LeBron James
Topsy & Simon Legree — Uncle Tom's Cabin
Sharks sang in Spanish — West Side Story
Bush at War — Woodward
Swiss Alp — Matterhorn
Arabian Nights — Scheherazade (Hope for leniency on spelling, and if so add one to my guessed correct)
1900's toy — Teddy Bears
Shakespeare — a summer's day
Element — Californium
Arm bone — Humerus
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#22 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:09 pm

goongas wrote:J! board I think has all the questions now. I froze on Indiana.
Nope. Just a placeholder still
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#23 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:11 pm

It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. —Albus Dumbledore

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#24 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:14 pm

John the Baptist river — Jordan
Archimedes — Lever
Chair with a sword — Damocles
Oregon Trail — Wyoming
House of Reps — 435
Retail Store — Target


Sculptures that once adorned the Parthenon are known as these, after a British lord — ???

In “Great Expectations,” this aged lady still wears her wedding dress — Drew a blank. Kept imagining the South Park episode
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#25 Post by MarleysGh0st » Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:14 pm

TheCalvinator24 wrote:
goongas wrote:J! board I think has all the questions now. I froze on Indiana.
Nope. Just a placeholder still
Look at the end of the thread. We forgot about:

Target
Californium
Scheherezade
a summer's day
Teddy Bears
Moon's Seas = Mare
Lever

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